Engineering Standards | September 2, 2025 Transforming Corporate Standards – Part 3: Advan... “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” –Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly… Read More
Process Technology | August 13, 2025 Core Components of an Effective OEMS in High-Hazar... In Part One of this series, we discussed organizing your business documentation within the framework of an operations excellence management… Read More
Learning & Development | August 6, 2025 Clear Career Progression: Key to Keeping Your Best... Did you know limited advancement opportunities are among the top reasons employees seek new jobs? While salary, benefits, and hybrid… Read More
Engineering Standards | August 4, 2025 Transforming Corporate Standards – Part 2: Integ... “It’s the least terrible way we know how to do this – so we call it best practice.” The use… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | July 23, 2025 Why the Metric of Man-Weeks Is Insufficient for Ma... With rising cost pressures and restrictions on increasing labor, many organizations find themselves facing a substantial maintenance backlog. Ensuring that… Read More
Learning & Development | July 9, 2025 BechtCONNECT: Scaling Expertise for Greater Effici... In today’s refining and petrochemical industries, success isn’t just about cutting costs. It’s about making sure every dollar spent delivers… Read More
Process Technology | June 11, 2025 Why an Operations Excellence Management System (OE... High-hazard industries – like oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, nuclear power, and mining – deal with processes and materials that… Read More
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Learning & Development | May 21, 2025 Learning from Experience: Becht’s Expert Instruc... At Becht, technical training isn’t just about presenting information—it’s about passing on decades of experience, lessons learned in the field,… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 14, 2025 The Impact of Proper Maintenance Planning and Sche... I recently spent time with a client who had just introduced planner/schedulers into their maintenance work process with a focus… Read More
Learning & Development | April 16, 2025 Why Cutting Training in a Lower-Margin Environment... With the current market volatility and economic uncertainty, many oil & gas companies are looking to tighten their budgets and… Read More
Engineering Standards | April 9, 2025 Transforming Corporate Standards – Part 1: Why D... Introduction Problem: You’ve modernized tools, optimized workflows, and embraced digital transformation to reduce risk and remain competitive—except in one critical… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | February 19, 2025 Navigating Data Uncertainty in Fitness-for-Service... In engineering assessments, accurate and reliable data is the foundation for sound decision-making. Read More
Learning & Development | February 12, 2025 Effective Training Programs to Mitigate Employee T... The oil and gas industry (O&G) is no stranger to challenges, given its volatile and high-stakes environment. One persistent and… Read More
